No, Mitochrondria is basically a mini-cell within a cell. These "power plant" units have their own DNA. These can only come from the egg, so the mitochrondia DNA isn't re-combined with that male/female XX/XY process. Thus, it is a much better way to map history than the usual DNA.
Seriously. If there is no merit to their lawsuit, there is no merit to the stock rise. Plus if there was any insider info leaking out for a boost previous to the announcment, another shorting opportuinity over SEC actions.
But that's a pretty fragile thing to rent. Imagine how many people would drop it, scratch it,... The inspection process upon return would be kinda scarey. (Example, two rentals ago, someone dropped it setting up a hairline crack in a circuit that only caused problems while you were renting it.)
Re:Wakeup Call (bioweapons are actually dumb)
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Nice thing about a nuke is that it vaporizes a relatively small area and has a known or predictable fallout area.
Bad thing about a bio weapon is that it you don't know how large of an area it will harm. Guess a warning flag would be a country sealing off its borders from any travel.
You can get dimmable Edison socket flourescent lamps. I have one I've been using for three years now. They cost a bit more, but work fine.
Note, they don't dim down as far as incadescents though. They reach a "flicker point" at what seems (to human eyes) 20% max brightness.
Access for the public good for statistical analysis can be granted as long as "personally identifiable information" is withheld. It's OK to be part of a summary statistic where the individual contributors are not identified.
Public health crisis access may be necessary for when then next plague comes. We haven't really had this since the Spanish influenza back in 1918. Imagine what something like small pox could do to New York City. This kind of access should only be granted for Center for Disease Control emergencies though.
Law enforcement access to personally identificable medical information is a BAD BAD idea. People need to be able to trust medical professionals. Otherwise, disenfranchised members of society fearing police actions will avoid medical treatment for highly contagious diseases... This provides the necessary critical mass outbreak sub-population for the next plague.
HIPAA started out as administrative simplification and paperwork reduction which is why it is called the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act". Prime focus was on standardizing health insurance paperwork claims to reduce costs.
Obviously, you have to put into place minimal security and privacy rules into these standards, especially since medical centers are notoriously bad at this kind of stuff. But, you also need to keep in place a "back door" for emergency access. If a new patient comes in off the street (unconscious) with urgent need, medical professionals need access to his/her private data to provide appropriate care.
In general you are right. Anime is too varied a medium to make sweeping generalizations. Princess Mononoke celebrates clutural identity.
But, your Serial Experiements Lain example is not valid. In the October 1999 Animerica interview, Ueda stated:
"Q: What do you think American viewers will think of the series? Do you think they will have the same reactions as Japanese audiences?
Ueda: They won't understand this. I don't want them to understand this. This work is based on the sensitivity and values of the Japanese people. America is different from Japan. This work itself is a sort of cultural war against American culture and the American sense of values to react to this work."
The Lain story has multiple layers. The layer Ueda refers to has Lain's mother as the traditionalist, annoyed at Lain's father for playing with all the non-traditional gadgets and Mika and Lain getting totally messed up from immersion in the new culture's technology.
Ueda is a bit arrogant believing that American anime fans can't self-educate themselves about Japanese culture to fully understand Lain. Plus there is some Taoism and Apotheosis which isn't really a Japanese thing, but a more general Eastern thing.
^-^
Lots of great discussion, but as an avid LED fan, I noticed some info was missing.
(1)Of course LEDs will not replace incandescent lamps where "aesthetic/artistic" spectrum is an issue. Market forces must center on businesses replacing their half century old mercury vapor florescent lamps. Count the number of 40 watt tubes at work. Factor in mercury disposal costs along with energy costs.
(2)LEDS don't really burn out like mercury tubes or incandescent filaments. It's more like a half life for brightness. Barring electrical surges, LEDs last forever, but eventually get too dim to be useful.
(3)I noticed that buses use LED lamps for marker lights, turn signals and brake signals. So, LEDs are already replacing incadescent indicator lamps.
Re:If it was that simple...(evolution explanation)
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Re: "If it was as simple as turning a single gene on or off, I'm sure evolution would already have done it for us..."
There are a few subtle problems with that statement, which is why I keep hearing things like you said ^-^
(1) With the overabundance of food we've had in the past 100 years in the western world, reducing the ability to utilize food is good at this time. But with a history of thousands of years of famines, it hasn't been that way for very long.
(2) Evolution is about increasing the number of decendants. If you get pair bonded in your late teens, start having kids before age 20, anything past age 40 is not necessary for increasing your genetic propogation. You're actually consuming food which could be used by your decendants to more efficiently pass on your genes.
(3) Evolution is not about optimizing a perfect solution, only a "good enough" solution. Animals that perfectly adapt to an environment become extenct when that environment changes. Less specialized solutions tend to win over the long term.
For more evolution information please check out the most excellant http://www.talkorigins.org/ site.
One gem in the article: two kinds of people
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Can't decide whether I like his Jamie guy or not, but I really like this statement:
"[Y]ou can divide our industry into two kinds of people:
those who want to go work for a company to make it successful,
and those who want to go work for a successful company.
Netscape's early success and rapid growth caused us to stop
getting the former and start getting the latter."
Jamie Zawinski
It's very useful for many companies.
This Jamie guy is obviously really smart and capable, but is "interpersonally challenged" with a pride in bridge burning actions...
I think us adults are more selective than when we were kids. Some of the classic ones like Bugs Bunny and Betty Boop are actually 'better' when we are old enough to understand the humor. As a kid I really liked Scooby Doo, but now it's quite painful to watch. Although for some reason the cuteness of Power Puff Girls has a suprising special charm, even though it's aimed at little kids.
But when you get into anime from Japan, it's an entirely new experience. Do you think plots as intricate as Eva or Lain will ever be produced in the USA?
Beavis: Heh huh heh heh huh, He said 'titilate'. Butthead: Yeah! Cool! Huh huh heh heh. Beavis: He also said "bastardization", Huh huh. Butthead: Heh huh, Errrr. I like 'titilate' better. Beavis: Heh huh ha heh, Me too! Butthead: Heh huh heh he heh heh huh heh.
Re:What about Princess Mononoke?
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The animation was a surprising contrast. Backgrounds as works of art while subjects represented by simple cartoon characters. I'm not so certain to condemn this though. It almost seems intentional. What early 80's animation is out there? I know of Urusei Yatsura as a classic example. I want to see Bubblegum Crisis, when I find a place to rent it. Project A-ko is even funnier with the music that reeks of the 80's, so sometimes it's an advantage:-)
Re:Ranma's not for everyone. (Shampoo)
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I was kinda indifferent towards Ranma 1/2 until I saw episodes where the Shampoo character was emphasized. Now I've seen the light. See http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/2950/shampooincs.html for a good shine:-) Ni Hao Wo Ai Shampoo
Slashdot Mirror
No, Mitochrondria is basically a mini-cell within a cell. These "power plant" units have their own DNA. These can only come from the egg, so the mitochrondia DNA isn't re-combined with that male/female XX/XY process. Thus, it is a much better way to map history than the usual DNA.
Shorting opportunity?
Seriously. If there is no merit to their lawsuit, there is no merit to the stock rise. Plus if there was any insider info leaking out for a boost previous to the announcment, another shorting opportuinity over SEC actions.
Wonder how well this would do in other festivals/cons around the country.
Yeah,
... The inspection process upon return would be kinda scarey. (Example, two rentals ago, someone dropped it setting up a hairline crack in a circuit that only caused problems while you were renting it.)
But that's a pretty fragile thing to rent. Imagine how many people would drop it, scratch it,
MS Passport == "mark of the beast"???
Nice thing about a nuke is that it vaporizes a relatively small area and has a known or predictable fallout area. Bad thing about a bio weapon is that it you don't know how large of an area it will harm. Guess a warning flag would be a country sealing off its borders from any travel.
You can get dimmable Edison socket flourescent lamps. I have one I've been using for three years now. They cost a bit more, but work fine. Note, they don't dim down as far as incadescents though. They reach a "flicker point" at what seems (to human eyes) 20% max brightness.
Access for the public good for statistical analysis can be granted as long as "personally identifiable information" is withheld. It's OK to be part of a summary statistic where the individual contributors are not identified.
Public health crisis access may be necessary for when then next plague comes. We haven't really had this since the Spanish influenza back in 1918. Imagine what something like small pox could do to New York City. This kind of access should only be granted for Center for Disease Control emergencies though.
Law enforcement access to personally identificable medical information is a BAD BAD idea. People need to be able to trust medical professionals. Otherwise, disenfranchised members of society fearing police actions will avoid medical treatment for highly contagious diseases... This provides the necessary critical mass outbreak sub-population for the next plague.
This is going to be really tricky.
HIPAA started out as administrative simplification and paperwork reduction which is why it is called the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act". Prime focus was on standardizing health insurance paperwork claims to reduce costs.
Obviously, you have to put into place minimal security and privacy rules into these standards, especially since medical centers are notoriously bad at this kind of stuff. But, you also need to keep in place a "back door" for emergency access. If a new patient comes in off the street (unconscious) with urgent need, medical professionals need access to his/her private data to provide appropriate care.
In general you are right. Anime is too varied a medium to make sweeping generalizations. Princess Mononoke celebrates clutural identity.
But, your Serial Experiements Lain example is not valid. In the October 1999 Animerica interview, Ueda stated:
"Q: What do you think American viewers will think of the series? Do you think they will have the same reactions as Japanese audiences?
Ueda: They won't understand this. I don't want them to understand this. This work is based on the sensitivity and values of the Japanese people. America is different from Japan. This work itself is a sort of cultural war against American culture and the American sense of values to react to this work."
The Lain story has multiple layers. The layer Ueda refers to has Lain's mother as the traditionalist, annoyed at Lain's father for playing with all the non-traditional gadgets and Mika and Lain getting totally messed up from immersion in the new culture's technology.
Ueda is a bit arrogant believing that American anime fans can't self-educate themselves about Japanese culture to fully understand Lain. Plus there is some Taoism and Apotheosis which isn't really a Japanese thing, but a more general Eastern thing. ^-^
Lots of great discussion, but as an avid LED fan, I noticed some info was missing.
(1)Of course LEDs will not replace incandescent lamps where "aesthetic/artistic" spectrum is an issue. Market forces must center on businesses replacing their half century old mercury vapor florescent lamps. Count the number of 40 watt tubes at work. Factor in mercury disposal costs along with energy costs.
(2)LEDS don't really burn out like mercury tubes or incandescent filaments. It's more like a half life for brightness. Barring electrical surges, LEDs last forever, but eventually get too dim to be useful.
(3)I noticed that buses use LED lamps for marker lights, turn signals and brake signals. So, LEDs are already replacing incadescent indicator lamps.
Re: "If it was as simple as turning a single gene on or off, I'm sure evolution would already have done it for us..."
There are a few subtle problems with that statement, which is why I keep hearing things like you said ^-^
(1) With the overabundance of food we've had in the past 100 years in the western world, reducing the ability to utilize food is good at this time. But with a history of thousands of years of famines, it hasn't been that way for very long.
(2) Evolution is about increasing the number of decendants. If you get pair bonded in your late teens, start having kids before age 20, anything past age 40 is not necessary for increasing your genetic propogation. You're actually consuming food which could be used by your decendants to more efficiently pass on your genes.
(3) Evolution is not about optimizing a perfect solution, only a "good enough" solution. Animals that perfectly adapt to an environment become extenct when that environment changes. Less specialized solutions tend to win over the long term.
For more evolution information please check out the most excellant http://www.talkorigins.org/ site.
Can't decide whether I like his Jamie guy or not, but I really like this statement:
"[Y]ou can divide our industry into two kinds of people:
those who want to go work for a company to make it successful,
and those who want to go work for a successful company.
Netscape's early success and rapid growth caused us to stop getting the former and start getting the latter."
Jamie Zawinski
It's very useful for many companies. This Jamie guy is obviously really smart and capable, but is "interpersonally challenged" with a pride in bridge burning actions...
You are completely off the mark with your complaint about the slashdot anime icon.
The icon is of Sasami (Masaki Sasami Jurai), an 8-year old girl from the Tench Series.
You ignorance in this example invalidates your entire post.
By the way, the "large eye" style was originally made popular by "depraved" Walt Disney.
Get a clue
You are just posting in jest, but wonder how many fundies will actually see it as such.
I think us adults are more selective than when we were kids. Some of the classic ones like Bugs Bunny and Betty Boop are actually 'better' when we are old enough to understand the humor. As a kid I really liked Scooby Doo, but now it's quite painful to watch. Although for some reason the cuteness of Power Puff Girls has a suprising special charm, even though it's aimed at little kids. But when you get into anime from Japan, it's an entirely new experience. Do you think plots as intricate as Eva or Lain will ever be produced in the USA?
Beavis: Heh huh heh heh huh, He said 'titilate'. Butthead: Yeah! Cool! Huh huh heh heh. Beavis: He also said "bastardization", Huh huh. Butthead: Heh huh, Errrr. I like 'titilate' better. Beavis: Heh huh ha heh, Me too! Butthead: Heh huh heh he heh heh huh heh.
The animation was a surprising contrast. Backgrounds as works of art while subjects represented by simple cartoon characters. I'm not so certain to condemn this though. It almost seems intentional. What early 80's animation is out there? I know of Urusei Yatsura as a classic example. I want to see Bubblegum Crisis, when I find a place to rent it. Project A-ko is even funnier with the music that reeks of the 80's, so sometimes it's an advantage :-)
I was kinda indifferent towards Ranma 1/2 until I saw episodes where the Shampoo character was emphasized. Now I've seen the light. See http://www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Flats/2950/shampooincs.html for a good shine :-) Ni Hao Wo Ai Shampoo